The Giro d’Italia is coming – Get your school involved!

Feb 07|14:24

The Giro d’Italia is coming – Get your school involved!

Northern Ireland is hosting the opening stages of the Giro d’Italia cycle race. The Giro is second only to the Tour de France in terms of prestige in the cycling world. Although the race is primarily held in Italy, this year the race starts with a time trial around the streets of Belfast on Friday evening, the 9 May. This is followed by a trip from Belfast up around the North Coast and back and on Sunday the tour moves to start in Armagh with a final destination of Dublin. The tour will then fly off to Italy to complete the race in Trieste on the 1 June.

Giro d’Italia is coming to Northern Ireland – Get Inspired, Get Cycling and Win with Activ8

Feb 03|09:30

Giro d’Italia is coming to Northern Ireland – Get Inspired, Get Cycling and Win with Activ8

Sport Northern Ireland’s Activ8 Wildcats Twist and Bounce are in need of new cycling jerseys in time for the Giro d’Italia Big Start (9-11 May 2014) and we are inviting all primary school children to help us design two new shirts – one for Twist and one for Bounce!

The race starts on Friday 9 May with a time trial around Belfast. On Saturday, the race travels from Belfast up the North Coast and back. On Sunday the tour moves to start in Armagh with a final destination of Dublin. The tour will then fly off to Italy to complete the race in Trieste on the 1 June.

Celebrate with the Sustrans Giro Schools Challenge

The Giro d’Italia is coming—and to celebrate, Sustrans Giro Schools Challenge is inviting young people to show the professionals how it’s done and to cycle, scoot and walk the school run.

Sustrans Giro Schools Challenge is an inter-school cycling, walking and scooting competition that encourages young people to choose two wheels or two feet for their school journeys.

The competition will span 10 school days, from 31 March to 11 April, and the more active journeys made, the more points your school will earn. Schools right across Northern Ireland will be competing against each other, and the competition is weighted according to the size of the school, so everyone has a fair chance to win.

There are fantastic prizes up for grabs for the winning schools, and a great opportunity to show what the children of Northern Ireland can achieve before the professionals arrive in May.

Commonwealth Games Pin Design Contest

Feb 02|00:00

Team Northern Ireland’s Pin Design Contest

Do you have a knack for art, sports & a little creativity? Here’s your chance to design the official pin for members of Team Northern Ireland as they travel to compete in Scotland at the XX Commonwealth Games. This is an amazing opportunity to have your design seen by thousands of competitors from around the world!

The Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council invites everyone to play a part in helping design the pin. Chair Robert McVeigh expressed the importance of the public’s involvement in the lead up to the Glasgow 2014 by stating, “We want to engage both young and old in the spirit of the Games as we get closer to July. This is a great opportunity for our creative minds in Northern Ireland to design elements of the pin that embody the spirit of the team, its history and celebrate sport.”

Activ8 Eat Well - The Perfect Recipe for a Healthy 2014

Now entering its sixth year, Activ8 is a participation campaign which encourages children and young people to do 60 minutes of physical activity every day to keep healthy.

Helping to bring Activ8 to life, Sport Northern Ireland developed several programmes and joined up with the Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland to develop Activ8 Eatwell, a programme designed to promote healthy and active lifestyles to children in primary school.